If you’ve ever come home to find your dog has totally destroyed the crate and smeared a hot steamy dump all over the walls around it, you will relate to this. Meet Charlie. He’s a rescue and I’ve had him for 11 days. He’s adorable and cuddly and loving. He wants so badly to pleaseContinue reading “You Forgive Your Dog for Worse”
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We Don’t Have to Cry Alone
“I’ve heard that no matter what you’re going through, someone has it worse. I don’t like that statement. I’ve never liked it. It’s emotionally dismissive, and it teaches us our personal struggles are insignificant. So we hide, and we refuse to cry out, and we try not to burden others with our pain. Someone mightContinue reading “We Don’t Have to Cry Alone”
Little Moments that Count
No, my life is not margaritas on a beach, that’s a very very small portion of it. It really is the day in day out, who your people are, the space you make your home, the conversations you have with strangers, the 30 minutes you spend connecting with your friend…if you’re fortunate, the affection youContinue reading “Little Moments that Count”
Dating in Your 40’s
Dating can be an education if you let it. The expense of it is the hope you tie to that person… You’re not sad because it didn’t work out with that specific person, you’re sad because you hoped you were done dating. But just like learning to make homemade gravy that doesn’t taste like flour,Continue reading “Dating in Your 40’s”
Don’t Make it Worse
All day I’d rather be the one getting hurt than the one doing the hurting because there’s something to be said for being the stone and not the stepper. Standing out doesn’t always mean being the loudest. Sometimes standing out just means standing up for what you know in your heart is good to doContinue reading “Don’t Make it Worse”
Have the Uncomfortable Talk
No one likes an uncomfortable conversation, but if grace is the fuel for change and vulnerability exposes love, a conversation is something you should practice and believe in. Read those again. Grace is the fuel for change. Vulnerability exposes love. Powerful words there. Don’t be afraid to string together a loving set of words thatContinue reading “Have the Uncomfortable Talk”
It Takes 2 Minutes…
Does anybody have those friends who call you for seemingly no reason just because they had a prompting on their heart to reach out to you? There really is something in the gift of discernment and being blessed with exceptional intuition. It’s special when people see through the masks we all wear and even beautifulContinue reading “It Takes 2 Minutes…”
High Quality Friends
🌞”It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they WILL help us.” – Epicurus I posted this quote in 2009. It’s funny to me how today it was just the quote my soul needed to hear, but then again God aligns my memories like this often soContinue reading “High Quality Friends”
Deeper Than a Puddle 